The Organization has 54 field offices around the world. Its headquarters are located in Paris, France.

Its mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.

The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities, Africa and Gender equality, and supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through all its programmes.

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Early Childhood Care and Education

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is the foundation of lifelong learning. UNESCO Bangkok is fully committed to supporting Member States’ efforts to expand and improve comprehensive ECCE that will optimize the potential of young children in the Asia and Pacific region.

UNESCO Bangkok’s ECCE program is dedicated to advocating, building partnerships, providing technical assistance, researching, and implementing capacity development projects in the region

Latest Early Childhood Care and Education

NADI, 22 November, 2018 – This week, more than 30 Ministry and teacher training participants from 12 countries in the Pacific are meeting in Fiji to review the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Teacher Competency Framework for the Pacific, draft...

An estimated 250 million children younger than 5 in low and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their potential due to stunting, poverty and disadvantage. That statistic highlights a shocking dereliction of duty owed to the most vulnerable...

BANGKOK, 30 May 2018 – On the very first day of school, a child could already face serious, even insurmountable, challenges to access quality education. As the 3rd Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Forum on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and 2018...

PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA, 21 JULY 2016: High-level policy-makers from throughout Asia-Pacific have committed to advancing equitable, quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) in the region with the adoption of the Putrajaya Declaration. The declaration...

BANGKOK, 14 JULY, 2016 WHAT: Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Forum on Early Childhood Care and Education: The Transformative Power of Early Childhood: Innovations for Inclusivity and Quality In 2015 at the UN General Assembly, the international community...